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agal

[ uh-gahl ]

noun

  1. (among Arabs) a cord wound around a kaffiyeh to hold it in place.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of agal1

1850–55; < dialectal Arabic Ê¿²¹²µÄå±ô, variant of Ê¿¾±±çÄå±ô cord, rope
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Mr Menhali, who is wearing white robes, the ghutra headdress and the agal - cords to hold the headdress in place - is heard repeatedly asking why police stopped him.

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Mr Menhali, who is wearing white robes, the ghutra headdress and the agal, cords to hold the headdress in place, is heard repeatedly asking why police had stopped him.

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One of the women tosses toward the men an "agal," the black rope worn by Saudi men over their traditional checkered head cloths.

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The clip shows the official angrily taking off his agal - the rope used to keep the traditional Arab head dress in place - and repeatedly hitting the driver with it.

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It is called also agal?wood and aloes wood.

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